AP Certification & Training Program

Register with IOFM/The Accounts Payable Network to kick
off your ReadSoft Conference early with live AP training, plus a certification exam.

Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2012
Location: Hotel InterContinental, New Orelans, LA
Cost: Costs for this training and certification course are not included with your ReadSoft      Conference Pass and must be purchased separately with IOFM/The Accounts Payable Network.

Live Training + Exam  $940 for IOFM/The Accounts Payable Network non-members
Live Training + Exam  $840 IOFM/The Accounts Payable Network members

Register:  Click here to register for this training and certification program with IOFM/The Accounts Payable Network.

You'll benefit from being personally instructed by Pam Miller, APM*, Editor-in-Chief, IOFM's Accounts Payable Publications; IOFM's Education Director.

This fast-paced, one-day training program will rapidly get you up to speed on invoice handling, checks, 1099s, e-invoicing, audits — all the tasks of today's multi-tasking AP specialists and managers. By the end of the day, you'll be prepared for the certification exam which can be taken at the end of the program or online at a later date.

The program is an ideal way to prepare to take the accounts payable specialist (APS), or accounts payable manager (APM) certification exam, developed by IOFM and the Accounts Payable Network (TAPN). Join the hundreds of organizations that have taken advantage of this program in just the past few months!

Topics Covered:

• Invoice Handling
• Checks
• Working with Purchasing and AP
• P-Cards
• 1099s
• Duplicate Payments
• Master Vendor File
• Discounts
• e-Invoicing
• Sales & Use Tax
• Unclaimed Property

About the Training & Certification Programs
IOFM provides the only training tied to a three-level certificate program for AP professionals. It gives you the full toolkit needed to train and certify the AP specialist, manager or the entire department.

The TAPN/IOFM certification exams can be taken at the end of the program, and are designed for the AP specialist (APS), AP manager (APM) and the department (APD) and signify that an individual (or department) has demonstrated a core level of accounts payable proficiency.

Why Is Accounts Payable Certification Necessary?
Much of what is done in accounts payable today has been developed in the past 5 years – some of it in the last 2 years. Today’s payables professional must use the latest electronic processing technologies to drastically reduce the cost of their operations, must work intuitively with every system and department within the organization, and must now completely change a number of procedures while creating new ones due to Sarbanes-Oxley. The profession has largely kept pace, much to its credit, but accounts payable has had few ways to demonstrate their expertise either within the organization or to outside agencies. Until now.

Who Should Attend?
The program is designed for experienced AP managers, their staff, or the AP department as a whole, as well as those overseeing the AP function including accounting department managers, controllers and shared services managers, payroll managers, and P-card administrators, in public, private, governmental and non-profit organizations.

Featured Speaker:
Pam Miller, APM with Distinction
Editor-in-Chief, IOFM's Accounts Payable Publications
IOFM Education Director

Pam Miller was the first candidate to earn AP certification as an Accredited Payables Manager (APM) with distinction. Pam was Director of AP at BMC Select since 1995. AP at BMC is a high volume enterprise with up to 600,000 invoices keyed annually. The AP Department at BMC is known as a leader in implementing electronic solutions to streamline everyday business processes. Pam and her department have received several awards recognizing their commitment to ECM.

Pam is recognized in the Accounts Payable world as an innovator and an early adopter of AP related technologies. Pam moved to AP after spending six years in Information Technology implementing point of sale software. Pam has the ability to bridge the gap between IT and business software users. Modifications and applications developed on the basis of her analysis of business and user issues with several software packages have subsequently been adopted by the developers of these software packages into their next releases.

Pam has written and presented sessions and workshops on a variety of topics pertinent to Accounts Payable and management issues in general. Pam has extensive real world experience with EDI, imaging and workflow, electronic payments, purchasing cards, audit related issues, and the effects of Chapter 11 on an Accounts Payable department.

Continuing Education Credits Available!

AP Certification
Receive 3 CEUs toward TAPN/IOFM APM, APS, or APD recertification! The Accounts Payable Certification Program is designed to establish standards for the profession and recognize AP professionals who, by possessing related work experience and passing a comprehensive exam, have met stringent requirements for mastering the accounts payable body of knowledge.

Contact
*Please contact Andrew Fitzpatrick at 203-889-4977 or via email at andrew.fitzpatrick@iofm.com for more information on these services.